A Waltham man was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for the fatal stabbing of his former housemate on Halloween of 2020, officials announced Wednesday.

A 32-year-old Pensacola man has pleaded guilty in federal court to multiple drug offenses, including conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl. Jermaine Zackery Lewis also admitted to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl,

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the petitions filed by four police personnel from Thoothukudi who sought suspension of sentence and bail. They were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in connection with a 1999 custodial death case.

Bruce Duette, 45, of Trenton, New Jersey was sentenced to life in prison after he killed fellow inmate, Martin Sanchez, in a cell just one day before Sanchez was scheduled to be released from jail.

Career criminal Avon Long, 79, received a 32-years-to-life prison sentence for barging into the octogenarian’s apartment where he forced himself on top of her and covered her mouth during a sickening sexual assault that lasted for more than an hour nearly two years ago.

The teen was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 after stabbing a classmate more than 100 times in the woods in St. Johns County. He appealed this year and lost.

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According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, 39-year-old Steven Orona was sentenced for first-degree murder and drive-by shooting in the death of Larry Milligan.